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2012–2013 Annual Report 2012–2013 Annual Report Table of Contents SJMA BY THE NUMBERS……………………………………………………..3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES………………………………………………………..4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT………………………………………………………..6 DIRECTOR’S REPORT…………..…………………………………………….8 EXHIBITIONS 2012-2013…………………………………………………….11 PRESS: Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography……………...26 LOANS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION…………………….27 ACQUISITIONS 2012-2013………………………………………………….30 MUSEUM EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS…………..53 PRESS: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage………………………………………….73 DEVELOPMENT REPORT ………………………………………………….74 FULL SPECTRUM 2012: ANNUAL GALA………………………………..80 ATTENDANCE AND BENCHMARKS…………………………………….82 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS…………………………………..83 VOLUNTEERS…………………………………………………………………86 STAFF……………………………………………………………………………89 Image: Installation view: Chrysopylae, 2012; Two-channel installation with sound; Dimensions variable; Gift in part from the Lipman Family Foundation with additional funds contributed by the Acquisitions Committee SJMA by the Numbers 104 new works were added to the permanent collection 10,000 people attended 58 public programs 219 children attended summer art camps Docents led 533 free on-site tours 85,564 visitors; 214,612 website 8,040 students visitors participated in programs with SJMA’s gallery teachers Over $1.3 million received in program support 30,802 students participated in Let’s Look at Art 4,657 visitors attended free Community Day celebrations for El Día de Los Muertos, Lunar New Year, and International Museum Day Full Spectrum 2012 gala raised $325,000 for education programs 3 Board of Trustees T. Michael Nevens Director (Retired) President McKinsey & Co. Hildy Shandell CEO Vice President Solarelle LLC Bruce Worster V.P.(retired) Secretary JDS Uniphase William Faulkner Attorney at Law, Partner Treasurer McManis, Faulkner J. Michael Bewley Attorney at Law J. Michael Bewley Law Offices Roger Bowie Private Client Advisor Wells Fargo Private Bank Kathleen Callan Community Volunteer Chair, Let’s Look at Art Anneke Dury Community Volunteer Director, Focus Business Bank Peter Cross Community Volunteer Eileen Fernandes Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP Tad Freese Attorney at Law Partner, Latham & Watkins Linda Goldberg Community Volunteer Chair, Volunteer Council 4 Cheryl Kiddoo Community Volunteer Michele Klein Principal, Jasper Ridge LLC Peter W. Lipman Research Geologist (Emeritus) U.S. Geological Survey Suzette Mahr Community Volunteer Chair, Docent Council Evelyn Neely Community Volunteer SJMA Docent Jeannie Pedroza Community Volunteer Chair, Store Guild Cornelia Pendleton CFO University Art Center Paul Scearce VP of Product Strategy Lockheed Martin David Soward Community Volunteer Private Equity Investor Horacio Teran Managing Director First Republic Investment Management Rev. 9/24/12 5 President’s Report I begin my first term as chair of the Board of Trustees by offering a hardy round of thanks to the people who make the San Jose Museum of Art successful. I first extend my thanks to my predecessor, Mike Nevens, for everything he has done for the Museum during important phases of its growth. Mike has valiantly served as chair for a total of four terms, from 1994–1996 and from 2009–2013, during which his contributions have been politically astute, strategically focused, and always ambitious. I am looking forward to continuing his legacy of progress, advocacy, and sensitive leadership. Thanks are also due to our loyal cadre of trustees and volunteers, who dedicate countless hours and numerous skills in service to the Museum. Whether a committee member reviewing financial statements, a Let’s Look at Art volunteer visiting a school, or a docent giving a tour, our volunteers are integral to the Museum’s fulfillment of its mission. In the fall of 2012, the Museum’s annual gala, Full Spectrum, raised a record $325,000, bolstered by the generosity of guests’ responses to the fund-a-need donation drive. Attendees were amazed by artist Trina Merry’s living paintings—human models whom Merry painted using artworks from our permanent collection as her inspiration. I can speak for all 200 guests when I thank gala chair Bess Wiersema for a remarkable evening, full of colorful surprises and creative gestures. Top among the most exciting initiatives we undertook this year was the roll-out of the new tag- line for the Museum, “See what you think.” This effort is part of a new, overall marketing program, based on extensive surveys of our visitors, members, and community, that told us what you value most about SJMA: the chance to be surprised by artists’ creative work; the warm welcoming atmosphere here; the chance to learn new things and see internationally important works of art; and of course the chance to enjoy art with family and friends. We are seeing great results from this new outreach campaign. Community-wide excitement at the opening for Annie Leibovtiz: Pilgrimage and Questions from the Sky: New Work by Hung Liu is but one example. We’re channeling this great momentum into the next fiscal year as we get ready for even more ambitious exhibitions and programs. I am very proud to report that we were awarded reaccreditation by the American Alliance of Museums this year. The reaccreditation process is rigorous and lengthy. It included an encyclopedic self-study in 2009, followed by a peer review by visiting museum professionals, and exacting review and revision of all museum policies and plans. This monumental effort was guided by the Reaccreditation Task Force: Mike Nevens, William Faulkner, Peter Lipman, Theres Rohan, and Lori Fogarty (director, the Oakland Museum of California), working alongside Susan Krane, Oshman Executive Director, Deborah Norberg, deputy director for operations; and Danyelle Morgado, museum administrator. The guidance of the task force was invaluable to this monumental effort, and I thank the members for the positive results. SJMA is one of only 776 of the nation’s 17,500 museums to be granted accreditation. Our audiences and donors have been energized by the quality and creativity of the Museum’s diverse exhibition schedule this year. Personal highlights of mine include Questions from the Sky: New Work by Hung Liu and Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting. Both exhibitions 6 connected visitors closely to the artistic process, in very different ways. I left these exhibitions feeling as if I had gained special access to a very creative mind and special insight into the exquisite beauty of these paintings. I was honored by these opportunities. To the staff members who work tirelessly every day to bring our visitors the best museum experience possible, on the front lines and in the back office: I thank you for your hard work and commitment to the highest of standards. The fruits of your labor are evident in our audiences’ deep appreciation for the programs you help execute together, as a team. I visit museums far and wide on my travels: SJMA’s programs, exhibition design, clear and cogent educational materials, and all-round energy rival the very best. I would also like to thank our extraordinarily generous donors. Your support means the world to the Museum and to the community that it serves. Thank you for helping the Museum connect the public with art and with the artistic process. Hildy Shandell President Board of Trustees 7 Director’s Report Picture Mickey Mouse perched on guy’s shoulder; bus tires embellished with lacey carvings of curlicues; Dante’s Divine Comedy re-imagined on the city streets of America; digitally-animated solar panels falling from the Silicon Valley skies like manna from heaven; and lush paintings full of subliminal psychological drama. These are just a glimpse of the intriguing images that visitors discovered at the Museum in 2012–2013—a year in which the galleries offered surprises at every turn. This year, exhibitions spanned the full range of SJMA’s mission: from new-media work to traditional painting, from rowdy humor to poetic quietude, from work by artists in Santa Clara to work by those in Mexico City. It was a year during which the Museum invited you to let go of set expectations, to exercise your curiosity, and to truly “See What You Think.” SJMA’s programs took another step forward to further reflect the innovative spirit of Silicon Valley and to connect the art of the West Coast with that of the world, as is our charge. Surveys of international activity, such as Mexicanisimo Through Artists Eyes and Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography, were greeted with special excitement by audiences eager to see the ways in which today’s artists tackle both artistic traditions and 21st-century issues. Of the fourteen exhibitions we presented, twelve were organized in-house—an outstandingly high percentage. No fewer than six projects featured works from the Museum’s collection, including the multi- generational Renegade Humor, (augmented by timely, satirical election-year commissions by Kathy Aoki and Imin Yeh) and Swans, Swine, and Sirens, a most atypical take on classical mythological themes. It was delightful to see visitors’ enthusiastic response to Frank Lobdell: Wonderland, which showcased the new depth of our holdings by this beloved Bay Area master thanks to generous additional gifts from Morgan and Betty Flagg—the Morgan Flagg Administrative Trust that reveal the full complexity of Lobdell’s syncopated abstractions and unique palette. Sandow Birk’s wry commentary on contemporary life, as seen through the lens of history, is a perennial favorite of our audiences. To Hell and Back (featuring Birk’s take on Dante’s epic poem, The Divine Comedy) proved in equal parts popular, comic, and compelling. Birk’s Monument to the Constitution of the United States (2012), one of his latest large-scale prints, was on view concurrently in Mark My Word in the Koret Family Gallery, thanks to the generosity of the Lipman Family Foundation. Visitors regularly could be found completely engrossed in this print, perusing its microcosmic detail at close range and delighting in every miniature visual pun they discovered. Nothing stands still for long at SJMA. As a staff, we love it when exhibitions completely alter the look and feel of the Museum.
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